Wildfires

Wood Pellet Mills Are Prone to Catching Fire. Why Build Them in California?
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wood pellets, by design, are highly ...

How to Prepare for a Climate Disaster in Trump’s America
In your go bag, FEMA recommends packing three days’ worth of food and water, physical maps of local areas, a ...

FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say
Less than two months before the official start of hurricane season, the nation’s primary disaster-response agency faces an uncertain future. ...

Oscar nominees gather for a chummy night of cocktails, dinner and the annual class picture
Five days before the Academy Awards, nearly every nominee gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and class picture shoot that ...

The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
Karen Short, a research ecologist with the Forest Service who contributed to the study and maintains a historical database of ...

How the Los Angeles wildfires will transform the 2025 Grammys
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Awards will look a little bit different this week. Each year, ...

Trump Wants California To Enact Voter ID Before Granting Fire Aid
President Donald Trump on Friday once again made it clear that he wants wildfire-ravaged California to bend to his demands ...

Meagan Good says goodbye to ‘Harlem,’ hello to her future with Jonathan Majors
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Meagan Good is in a season of harvest, reaping rewards from the hard ...

Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Isn’t the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem
Our coastal forest showed little effect from the first 10-hour exposure to salty water in June 2022 and grew normally ...

Netflix and Comcast among companies donating to LA wildfire relief
Evacuees from the Eaton fire look through boxes of clothes at a donation center in Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California, ...